NEW: FCC Chair Floats Investigation Into ’The View’
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on September 19, 2025
By Mark Steffen
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is already looking for his next target after successfully pressuring ABC into “indefinitely” suspending Jimmy Kimmel.
Carr on Thursday suggested his office may launch a probe into the network’s “The View,” the notoriously liberal daytime talk show that went on a similar hiatus earlier this year. Several of the co-hosts have been subjected to reading on-air apologies after making untruthful criticisms of President Donald Trump and members of his administration.
Investigating whether “The View” carries a benefit to the public would be “worthwhile,” the Trump appointee said recently.
“Potentially, I would assume you can make the argument that ‘The View’ is a bona fide news show, but I’m not so sure about that,” Carr told Scott Jennings on his podcast.
“And I think it’s worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether ‘The View’ and some of these other programs that you have still qualify as bona fide news programs and therefore exempt from the equal opportunity regime that Congress has put in place.”
Under the FCC’s “equal time” rule, opinion shows may be required to devote segments to all points of view on an issue. Only “bona fide news programs” are exempt from the rule, Carr claimed.
An analysis by the Media Research Center indicates that “The View” failed to book a single right-leaning guest to discuss politics in the first half of 2025. In that time, 63 liberal guests, including nine Democratic politicians, were hosted on the ABC show.
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